April 2006
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SMART WiFi Rebranded, SMART Bro
SMART WiFi gets a new name — SMART Bro. Smart Comunications Inc. has unveiled on April 21, 2006 in their press release that its fixed wireless broadband will be now called SMART Bro – Amazing Wireless Broadband. I don’t know what’s the reaction of current SMART WiFi subscribers about this news; however, what I’m sure [...]
Java in Manila ’06 Redux
Yesterday was Java in Manila 2006, the 3rd programmers conference organized by Sun Microsystems Philippines, Inc. It was fun and I believe that it is worth the money I spent. However, I have some disappointments. I’ll discuss it along the way. For now, I’m going to summarize what happened inside Rizal Ballroom, Makati Shangri La [...]
Surprise Interviews
It was really a surprising event this morning. We’re all at the 30th floor of PhilAm Life Tower and the OJT orientation we all thought would happen between 9:00 – 10:00 AM was just a pretext to a final screening interview. All of us were nervous. Who won’t? It’s hard to believe that your effort [...]
ViewSonic VA712 LCD Monitor
Two days ago I was accompanied by my father to Sta. Cruz, Manila to get my NBI clearance at Sta. Cruz NBI center. I can’t remember the name of the building but it’s beside Isetan. After an hour, we left the building with my NBI clearance and we strolled along Avenida. My father is a [...]
OJT Blues
Several days before Holy Week, some of my friends had a rush of OJT hunting. There are several companies I have applied at the very beginning of our school holidays; however, those companies are either mass hiring for full-time employees or they do not have slots for OJT (how stupid that some companies accepted OJT [...]
OJT Prank?
Yesterday was April fools’ day and I had a written exam in Trend Micro for OJT yesterday too. I was thinking, was it a prank? After all it was April fools’ day yesterday. I arrived there exactly 1:30 PM by Taxi from Cubao and I was truly regretful; I didn’t commute earlier that I had [...]